Place-Based Science Teaching and Learning: 40 Activities for K-8 Classrooms

By Eugene F. Provenzo Jr., Cory A. Buxton, Eugene F., Jr. Provenzo

Book Overview

Forty classroom-ready science teaching and learning activities for elementary and middle school teachers

Grounded in theory and best-practices research, this practical text provides elementary and middle school teachers with 40 place-based activities that will help them to make science learning relevant to their students. This text provides teachers with both a rationale and a set of strategies and activities for teaching science in a local context to help students engage with science learning and come to understand the importance of science in their everyday lives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412975255
• ISBN13: 9781412975254
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"